As we all know, water carries electricity very efficiently. When water(or wet surfaces/devices/beings) and electricity mix, the result is very dangerous. Because of this, from the electrical safety point of view, the bathroom is possibly the most dangerous room in the home.  The consequences of an electric shock are far more severe in a bathroom [...]

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Via the esc.org.uk we found this very helpful article regarding the Electrical Safety in the construction industry, which gives us some helpful tips on how to maintain the safety while working with and around electricity on the construction sites. We have previously talked about the Part P of the Building Regulations(reducing the risk of electric [...]

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About the Part P factsheet – Don’t put lives at risk by using/installing dangerous electrics!
As recommended by the NICEIC specialists via their FactSheet about Part P of the building regulations, here are some of the main things that need to be emphasized in order to have both a safe electrical installation and a safe life [...]

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Aico has an excellent Product Selector Guide, which comes only in a printed form and can be ordered online on their website. One of the many useful things they have in this book is the Alarm Selector section – helping us to know and choose what alarms should we site/can we site in the different [...]

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We have previously introduced many energy saving solutions like the time lag switches and the presence detectors(PIR detectors, energy saving solutions, the time lag switches, PIR and time lag switches, wall mounted presence detectors, etc), so we feel that we need to explain WHAT ARE these presence detectors and what are the absence detectors, what [...]

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